Another concern with safe havens is that a person who shows up at a site does not have to prove their relationship to the child. Therefore, a parent, spouse or significant other could conceivably take a child from a mother and drop the baby off at a safe haven site. Safe haven sites are generally hospital emergency rooms or police or fire stations.

Women who choose this option, in my opinion, are mentally unstable and in dire need of psychiatric help. I cannot fathom that any women in her right mind would choose to drop her baby off anonymously and not provide any pertinent... more

WARNING: This is not a warm fuzzy story appropriate for the holidays. It just came to my attention though and I wanted to post it while it was on my mind and timely.

A chilling and disturbing news article came across my radar yesterday. Read Here. It is a story from North Texas about a 35-year-old mother of three who was recently arrested for the murder of her newborn. Her son was found six months ago dumped in the trash at Texas World Speedway, a racetrack.

DNA testing linked Ms. Susan... more